A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
In Biblical times, the dead were buried in family graves and were said to ‘sleep with their fathers’. Traditionally the dead are not buried on the *Sabbath or *Yom Kippur. Men are wrapped in their *tallis although coffins came into use in the Middle Ages.
The corpse is escorted to the grave and the *Kaddish prayer is recited. Graves are marked with the headstones although the *Sephardim lay their gravestones flat while *Ashkenazim set them upright. (See *FUNERAL CUSTOMS).
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